It would be really helpful if som1 cn answer ths Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THX in advanceWhat is a special feature of the leo constellation?* Name: LEO
* Translation: Lion
* Abbreviation: Leo
* Genitive: Leonis
* Size: 12
* Regions: Zodiac
* Located Between: Gemini, Virgo, Ursa Major
* RA: 11 hours
* Decl: +15 degrees
* Season: Spring Winter
* Midnight Culmination: March 1
* Pages where LEO is discussed in Chet Raymo's 365 Starry Nights: 45,58-65,79
Leo is perhaps as ancient a constellation as Taurus the Bull, and was associated with kings of Mesopotamian city states in the third millenium B.C. Regulus obtained much of its significance as a prominent marker of the yearly path of the Sun, lying almost on the ecliptic. The Sun now passes through Leo in late August.
The thick, tough skin of the fiercest lion in the world became the trademark of Hercules after the hero strangled the lion to complete his first test.
Description
East of the Gemini twins lies Leo the Lion. Find the bowl of the Big Dipper. From the two stars on the handle-side, trace a line back to Leo and its bright star Regulus.
Regulus, the star of kings, is the point beneath a backward question mark. This backward question mark, or sickle, represents Leo's mane.
His flank is a triangle of stars farther east.
Leo's mane looks like a backward question mark. Regulus, the "dot" at the bottom of the mark, lies nearly on the ecliptic.
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